Awakened with an unknown past, Rover embarks on a journey to uncover the truths. As secrets are unveiled, Rover establishes deeper connections with the world.
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Video guide
This character has no video guide yet.
Update tracker
Last review update
Patch 2.0
Last major build/calcs update
Patch 2.0
Last profile update*
January 2nd, 2025
*Profile update means smaller edits to echoes, stats, synergies or teams that don't require new calculations.
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Profile
Review
Build
Gameplay and teams
Calculations
Profile
Skills
Active skills
Passive skills
Concerto skills
Basic Attack
Vibration Manifestation
Basic Attack
Rover casts up to 4 consecutive attacks, dealing Spectro DMG.
Heavy Attack
Rover consumes Stamina, dealing Spectro DMG.
Heavy Attack: Resonance
After Basic Attack III or Heavy Attack, press the Basic Attack button at the right time to perform Heavy Attack Resonance, dealing Spectro DMG.
Heavy Attack: Aftertune
After Heavy Attack Resonance or Dodge Counter hits a target, press the Basic Attack button to perform Heavy Attack Aftertune, dealing Spectro DMG.
Mid-air Attack
Rover consumes Stamina to perform a Mid-Air Plunging Attack, dealing Spectro DMG.
Dodge Counter
Use Basic Attack after a successful Dodge to attack the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Lv. 1
Part 1 Damage
29.75%
Part 2 Damage
38.25%
Part 3 Damage
7.65%*5
Part 4 Damage
65.45%
Dodge Counter Damage
98.25%
Heavy Attack Damage
9.69%*5
HA: Resonance Damage
38.25%
HA: Aftertune Damage
63.75%
Mid-Air Attack Damage
52.70%
Heavy Attack Stamina Consumption
25
Mid-Air Attack Stamina Consumption
30
Resonance Skill
Resonating Slashes
Rover launches an attack forward, dealing Spectro DMG.
Lv. 1
Skill Damage
118.80%
Cooldown
6
Con. Energy Regen
10
Resonance Liberation
Echoing Orchestra
Channel Spectro energy to attack the target area, causing a blast after a short delay, dealing Spectro DMG and applying 6 stack(s) of Spectro Frazzle.
Lv. 1
Skill Damage
100.00%+340.00%
Cooldown
20
Res. Energy Cost
125
Con. Energy Regen
20
Forte Circuit
World in a Grain of Sand
Resonance Skill: Resonating Spin
If "Diminutive Sound" exceeds 50 when Resonance Skill is used, Rover consumes 50 "Diminutive Sound" to cast Resonating Spin, dealing Spectro DMG. This damage is considered as Resonance Skill DMG and applies 2 stack(s) of Spectro Frazzle along with Shimmer.
Shimmer
Shimmer prevents Spectro Frazzle stacks from reducing over time.
Resonance Skill: Resonating Echoes
After Resonance Skill Resonating Spin ends, Rover performs Resonance Skill Resonating Echoes upon pressing the Basic Attack button. Rover performs attacks forward, dealing Spectro DMG considered as Resonance Skill DMG.
Diminutive Sound
Rover can hold up to 100 "Diminutive Sounds". Rover obtains "Diminutive Sound" for every Normal Attack Vibration Manifestation on hit. Rover obtains "Diminutive Sound" for every Heavy Attack aftertune on hit. Rover obtains "Diminutive Sound" upon casting Intro Skill Waveshock.
Lv. 1
Resonating Spin Damage
64.93%*2
Resonating Whirl Damage
20.00%
Resonating Echoes Part 1 Damage
40.00%
Resonating Echoes Part 2 Damage
80.00%
Shimmer Duration
9s
Resonating Spin Con. Energy Regen
20
Resonating Echoes Con. Energy Regen
8
Inherent Skill
Reticence
Damage dealt by Rover's Resonance Skill Resonating Echoes is increased by 60%.
Inherent Skill
Silent Listener
Rover's ATK is increased by 15% for 5s upon casting Heavy Attack Resonance.
Intro Skill
Waveshock
Rover attacks the target, dealing Spectro DMG.
Lv. 1
Skill Damage
85.00%
Con. Energy Regen
10
Outro Skill
Instant
Rover generates an area of stasis surrounding the next character (or other characters on a nearby team that activates an Outro Skill) over 3s.
Resonance Chain (Dupes)
S1
Sequence Node 1
Rover's Crit. Rate is increased by 15% for 7s when casting Resonance Skill Resonating Slashes or Resonance Skill Resonating Spin.
S2
Sequence Node 2
Rover's Spectro DMG Bonus is increased by 20%.
S3
Sequence Node 3
Rover's Energy Regen is increased by 20%.
S4
Sequence Node 4
When casting Resonance Liberation Echoing Resonance, Rover continuously restores HP for all team members: HP equal to 20% of Rover's ATK will be restored every second for 5s.
S5
Sequence Node 5
Rover's Resonance Liberation DMG Bonus is increased by 40%.
S6
Sequence Node 6
Resonance Skill Resonating Slashes and Resonance Skill Resonating Spin reduces the target's Spectro DMG RES by 10% on hit for 20s.
Minor Fortes (Total)
Spectro DMG
+12%
ATK%
+12%
Stats
Include minor fortes
Lv. 90
HP
11400
ATK
375
DEF
1369
Max Energy
125
CRIT Rate
5%
CRIT DMG
150%
Healing Bonus
0%
Spectro DMG
0%
Upgrade Materials
Character Ascension (total)
4xLF Whisperin Core
12xMF Whisperin Core
12xHF Whisperin Core
4xFF Whisperin Core
5xMysterious Code
60xPecok Flower
170 000Shell Credits
Skill Upgrades (total)
25xLF Whisperin Core
28xMF Whisperin Core
40xHF Whisperin Core
57xFF Whisperin Core
25xInert Metallic Drip
28xReactive Metallic Drip
55xPolarized Metallic Drip
67xHeterized Metallic Drip
26xUnending Destruction
2 030 000Shell Credits
While the source of the materials can be quickly found in the game, when it comes Pecok Flower you will have to gather them from the map. Check our Interactive map to find them quickly:
One of the few characters that can do some damage with innate healing in their kit;
Can quickly fill their Forte Gauge;
All sequences are available for free;
Fast and precise attack frames that make parrying easier;
Outro skill slows enemies in place, providing a lot of comfort.
Cons
Outro skill does not provide any buffs, naturally decreasing the supportive utility of the character by a lot;
While their damage is usable, it’s far from competitive from even the weaker main DPS options and close to all hybrids;
No place in the meta due to coming up short on buffing, healing, and damage, despite doing all three.
Review
Rover is the main character in Wuthering Waves, starting as a Spectro-based Hybrid Sword character who is a jack-of-all-trades, splitting their focus between dealing damage and controlling the battlefield.
Attempting to fit many roles, such as having access to healing, damaging options, and relatively quick Concerto Energy generation, Spectro Rover finds themselves spread quite thin - they’re the usual jack of all trades, master of none. Since Spectro Rover will mostly be used early on, left behind due to their Havoc variant being much better-placed in the meta, this typically isn’t a problem. They offer some things in their kit to be considered, but be wary that absolutely none of the abilities mentioned below are wanted in the late stages of the game, as they don’t offer desirable damage or buffs compared to other options, meaning Spectro Rover is outclassed by pretty much anything and anyone who is more specialized. Jianxin even exists as a stronger jack of all trades.
With the elephant in the room out of the way, Spectro Rover does have some unique things in their kit: able to shred the Spectro RES of enemies with their S6 using their Resonance Skill, they’re one of the very few characters in the game who have the ability to do so (and the only one available as of patch 1.4, Havoc Rover not having access to the sequence unlocking that ability for them as of yet).
On top of this, their Outro skill is completely unique: slowing enemies to pretty much having them freeze in place for 3 seconds in a small radius, they sport an Outro skill that render any enemies within the radius completely unable to hit your characters, which can be very practical, despite not providing any damage buffs to your team (which are often preferred).
Their 4th sequence, accessed for free as per the rest of their Resonance Chain, allows them to heal the whole team proportionally to their ATK after casting their Ultimate - this makes them one of the only healers able to do decent damage in the entire game.
Generally, their gameplay revolves around generating their Forte stacks, stored up to a max of 2, which enables them at the cost of one of their stacks to cast an enhanced Resonance Skill that deals extra damage compared to the base version, which can additionally be finished by two extra sword slashes performed by pressing Basic Attack afterwards. The fastest way to do so is using Heavy Attacks. By using their Ultimate and their Forte-enhanced Skill twice, they’re able to have a decently fast Concerto rotation, making them usable as a Support, who can not only trigger the Rejuvenating Glow set naturally, but also sport some damage.
However, let’s not forget that the two niches in the current Wuthering Waves meta revolve around buffing a big DPS character’s damage or being the big DPS yourself. Spectro Rover is neither of these: while they have some damage, it’s extremely subpar and only noticeable when compared to other supports who have some of the best buffing potential in the game; the buffs the average character would usually provide are forfeited by some survivability and comfort, notably in Spectro Rover’s Outro, which achieves nothing aside from rendering you effectively invulnerable for 3 seconds, which isn’t necessary in the endgame anyways. While they do have SOME buffs (and debuffs) they can give to the party (and enemies), it’s nowhere near sufficient to justify them holding a position in the meta, and as such Spectro Rover is effectively rendered useless beyond the early game (and arguably midgame).
To summarize, the Havoc form of Rover, which is a very potent DPS, will end up being preferred over the jack of all trades, master of none that Spectro Rover represents. Featuring subpar damage, subpar buffs/debuffs, and subpar healing abilities, Spectro Rover unfortunately has no place in the Wuthering Waves endgame meta as of yet.
Ratings
This tier list assesses characters based on their combat potential in Wuthering Waves current most demanding content Tower of Adversity (ToA). ToA is a mode similar to Genshin Impact’s Spiral Abyss or Honkai Star Rail’s Memory of Chaos and requires multiple teams, strong Echoes and good Weapons. This mode offers a reasonable mix of Boss encounters (single target), Elite packs (2-3 targets) and AoE scenarios (5+ Targets), allowing multiple characters to find a niche but in the end, there's a bias toward single target focused characters at the top-end.
Please keep in mind Wuthering Waves is a skill-based game and each character has a different playstyle, difficulty level and even special tricks and combos. Wuthering Waves is also a team based game and it's only by combining both these factors to the highest level a character can reach optimal performance.
T3
Tower of Adversity
Video guides
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Build
Best Weapons
108.32%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT DMG: 48.6%
Changli's signature weapon that's not only fantastic for her but also usable on all damage-focused Sword users who have a large portion of their damage originating from Resonance Skill damage. Offers a huge main stat of CRIT DMG% granting excellent scaling, 12% permanent ATK% and up to 56% increased Resonance Skill DMG% which should be at or close to full power during the bulk of your rotation when opening with one or two resonance skills.
100%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 587 | CRIT Rate: 24.3%
Outstanding Sword choice, offering significantly higher base damage due to its 5★ rarity, as well as a stackable ATK% buff almost every character can effortlessly get 1 stack of (but with 2 also being easily achievable by most when played correctly). Additionally has a good amount of Energy Regen, which on most characters will allow one sub-stat of Energy Regen to be allocated elsewhere to increase damage even further. Best Sword choice across the board with only S5 4★ Swords having a chance to compete with it.
86.05%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 412 | ATK: 30.3%
Exceptional all-around generic Sword gaining its bonus close to unconditionally as most Resonators almost always aim to make use of their Intro skill and very few characters spend more than 15 seconds on field during their duration.
84.42%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 412 | ATK: 30.3%
Powerful sword for Resonators spending minimal time on the field - the shorter the better. Best for Hybrid characters executing their rotation fast and infrequently, but less powerful on Main DPS characters that aim to spend extended time on field.
84.25%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 462 | ATK: 18.2%
Often inferior to Commando of Conviction for DPS, this sword is still a great F2P 4* option for characters who need the energy boost. Realistically however, only consider this option over Commando of Conviction if you have energy problems on your character.
79.14%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 387 | ATK: 36.4%
Sword option for Heavy and Basic ATK users with an easy to trigger passive - with the only downside being its 10 second time limit. For characters that use their Skill multiple times per rotation, this downside is a non-issue but for Main DPS characters who take up a lot of field time and don't use their skill often this sword can lose value.
77.48%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 387 | ATK: 36.4%
Sword with decent base stats but a passive that only activates after taking sufficient damage after which it offers a sizable increase Heavy Attack DMG. Primarily suitable only for berserker characters that sacrifice their life to deal damage like Danjin, but can be used strategically after multiple copies have been merged (only calculated with bonus active on characters that consume their life to deal damage).
73.21%
Stats at Level 90: ATK: 325 | ATK: 24.3%
Easily accessible 3★ weapon that despite having lower base attack makes up for it with a high ATK% bonus at higher dupes. It does not have enough stats to compete with 4-star weapons but is a reasonable option if it's all you have. The only downside is that the buff only lasts 10 seconds, meaning it may fall off in the hands of a Main DPS character who takes up more field time.
Best Echo Sets
Best Echo Sets show the best sets that support the main character playstyle and work out of the box while the Special Echo Sets either are situational, support an alternative playstyle or are targeted toward min-maxers. The percentage numbers showcase the relative DPS increase when you take into account the set bonus only. For some characters there's no DPS (or its equivalent) available and in that case we listed the sets in the order of priority.
Important! The 2.0 introduced quite a lot of new Echoes and we need more time to properly test out all of them (especially considering the past bugs related to them that made some stronger, some weaker). The builds below are provisional and we will be updating them over the next few days as we do our testing - so before you use all your stamina on the new Echoes, please have a bit of patience.
Best Echo Sets
1
2 Set: Healing increases by 10%.
5 Set: Upon healing allies, increase ATK of the entire team by 15%, lasting 30s.
Offers a 10% unconditional Healing% boost and an most importantly a 15% ATK% boost for the entire team, lasting 30 seconds whenever you heal yourself or any of your allies. This bonus can be triggered by character abilities and weapon effects, is easy to keep active 100% of the time and is a big help for all party members.
Below you can find Main Echo options that you should be using with the set:
Fallacy of No Return
- Grants 10% increased Energy Regeneration for the wearer and a team wide 10% ATK boost on use for 20 seconds. A strong option for those looking to generate as much energy as possible or who favor a more permanent party buffing effect compared to Bell-Borne Geochelone.
Bell-Borne Geochelone
- While nowadays a worse option for the Rejuvenating Glow set for damage than the Fallacy of No Return due to a shorter buff uptime, only granting 10% DMG Bonus for 15 seconds, the Bell-Borne Geochelone remains a good choice if you don't have a good Fallacy to use for the set. It also has increased survivability by blocking 50% of the damage from a max of 3 hits if you desire to have that in your team.
Special Echo Sets
2 Set: Energy Regen increases by 10%.
5 Set: Upon using Outro Skill, ATK of the next Resonator increases by 22.5% for 15s.
Offers a 10% unconditional Energy Regen% boost taking some pressure off your gear when aiming at ER breakpoints. Also upon using Outro, grants the next character switching in a 22.5% ATK boost, amplifying any of your main damage dealers burst windows.
Below you can find Main Echo options that you should be using with the set:
Impermanence Heron
- Supportive Echo that can be run at the cost of a sizeable chunk of damage for the character who equips, trading personal gain for team benefits. Should always be used and immediately switch cancelled right before performing an Outro, leading to another DPS. When done so will grant the next character switching in 12% increased DMG% which when combined with the 5P Moonlit set which also grants 22.5% ATK% under the same conditions makes for a sizeable boost. While the echo does lower the damage of whoever wears it, it grants a massive chunk of energy on use usually saving 1 or sometimes even 2 Energy Regen sub stats that may otherwise be needed by the wearer allowing for some damage to be recovered.
Important! CRIT DMG has base value of 150% and Energy Regen has a base value of 100% when you check them in game. The recommended values below don't include the base value but rather show how much on top of it you need to obtain.
ATK: 1700-2300+
HP: 15000+
DEF: 1200+
SPECTRO DMG%: 52%-82%+ (72-102% with Sequence 2)
CRIT RATE%: 50-60%+
CRIT DMG% 100-120%+
Energy Regeneration: 10-20% (0-5% with Sequence 4)
Skill Priority
Below you can find the order of leveling the abilities for Rover (Spectro).
Res. Liberation
Forte Circuit
Basic Attack
Res. Skill
Intro Skill
Gameplay and teams
Rotation
Below you can find optimal rotation (or rotations) for Rover (Spectro). When selecting the rotations we prioritized achieving 100 Concerto as fast as possible and once that condition was fulfilled, we focused on maximizing the damage output. As or if new and more optimal rotations are found, we'll update the characters calculations as needed.
COMBO REQUIREMENTS
Thanks to an incredibly accessible Forte Gauge, Ultimate and very short Resonance Skill cooldown, Spectro Rover can directly jump into action without any Warm-Up phase.
BURST COMBO
Spectro Rover requires a Quick Swap mid-rotation to unlock their maximum potential. This Swap is performed to abuse their extremely short Resonance Skill cooldown of only 6 seconds. Use one Skill initially alongside Rover’s Ultimate, perform a Quick Swap and use a Skill or Echo on another character and Swap back in to use another Resonance Skill combo for maximum damage with little downtime. This way Rover is always using their most effective and highest damage action throughout the majority of the fight.
Echo (Use before combo but refer to Echo recommendations for exact specifics for your chosen Echo)
Intro
Heavy Attack
Heavy Attack: Resonance
Heavy Attack: Aftertune
Skill: Forte: Resonanting Spin
Basic Attack: Forte: Resonating Echoes
Ultimate (Quick Swap While Waiting For Skill)
Skill: Forte: Resonanting Spin
Basic Attack: Forte: Resonating Echoes
Outro
Synergies
Below you can find a list of some of the stronger synergies between this character and others.
rover-spectrois very flexible and can be be paired with most characters and fulfill the Support role in the team. Keep in mind you will need S4 Rover Spectro to fulfil the role as that is when they obtain their heal.
Example Teams
rover-spectrois very flexible and can be used in any team in the Support slot. Keep in mind you will need S4 Rover Spectro to fulfil the role as that is when they obtain their heal.
